Launched in 1931, the Metropolitan Opera’s Saturday matinee broadcasts are the longest-running continuous classical program in radio history. The 2020-21 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season opens on December 5th, 2020 – the Met’s 90th consecutive year on the air and a milestone for the longest-running classical music series in American broadcast history. The season will include 27 specially selected encore broadcasts, many showcasing operas and stars originally scheduled for live performances in 2020-21. Host Mary Jo Heath and commentator Ira Siff return each week, and intermissions will include new interviews with artists, special features, and a virtual Opera Quiz. Broadcasts can be heard over the Toll Brothers–Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 12:00 Noon CT every Saturday through June 5, 2021
2020-21 Downloadable PDF Version of Broadcast Schedule
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Airs Saturday, December 28, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2019-20 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Mozart’s classic fairy tale The Magic…
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Airs Saturday, December 21, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2019-20 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Verdi’s Macbeth, a performance taped…
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Airs Saturday, December 14, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2019-20 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Tchaikovsky’s thriller The Queen of…
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Airs Saturday, December 7, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2019-20 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season opens with Philip Glass’s Akhnaten—the first time the…
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Airs Saturday, July 20, 2019, AT 1: 30 P.M. following immediately after the Opera. Five singers named winners of the 2019 Metropolitan Opera National…
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Airs Saturday, May 11, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season concludes with Dialogues des Carmélites. Yannick…
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Airs Saturday, May 4, 2019, at 12 noon. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with a broadcast from October 6, 2018, starring…
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Airs Saturday, April 27, 2019, at 11 a.m. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Götterdämmerung, the fourth and final opera…
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The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Mozart’s opera set in ancient Rome, La Clemenza di Tito. Tenor Matthew Polenzani…
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Airs Saturday, April 13, 2019, at 11 a.m. The 2018-19 Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcast season continues with Siegfried, the third opera of Wagner’s epic…